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- the present invention is in the field of garments and is more particularly related to an undergarment for men.
- an underwear brief comprising a waistband, contiguous cloth construction forming a front region, a back region, opposite side regions and a crotch region, two leg openings, one to each side of the crotch region, a horizontal fly in the front region implemented with a first panel overlapping outside a second panel, with ends of each of the two panels secure to the fabric of the front region such that the horizontal fly provides a horizontal vertically-oriented entrance or exit through the front region of the brief, a first elastic band joined continuously, end-to-end, along full length of a lower edge of the first panel, a second elastic band joined continuously, end-to-end, along full length of an upper edge of the second panel, and a third elastic band joined horizontally to the front region at a position above and parallel to the upper edge of the second panel, with only the opposite ends of the third elastic band joined to the front region.
- the third elastic band is joined to the front region along full length of the third elastic band.
- the underwear brief further comprises a forward-facing pouch implemented above the horizontal fly and the third elastic band.
- the third elastic band is positioned horizontally over material of the front region to the outside of the underwear brief providing support for the pouch.
- the waistband is an elastic waistband.
- edges of the leg openings are reinforced.
- ends of the two panels are joined to the reinforced edges of the leg openings.
- three elastic bands are joined to the reinforced edges of the leg openings.
- FIG. 1 a is a side perceptive view of a male underwear brief, according to an embodiment of the present invention.
- FIG. 1 b is a cross-section through a fly of the brief of FIG. 1 a, according to an embodiment of the invention.
- FIG. 1 c is through a fly of the brief of FIG. 1 a, according to an embodiment of the invention.
- FIG. 2 is a side perceptive view of a male underwear brief indicating an upper front panel in an open condition, according to an embodiment of the present invention.
- FIG. 3 is a side perceptive view of a male underwear brief indicating the upper front panel in a fixed and stitched condition, according to an embodiment of the present invention.
- FIG. 4 is a cross sectional view of a male underwear brief indicating the arrangement of first horizontal elastic band and the second horizontal elastic band, according to an embodiment of the present invention.
- FIG. 5 is a side perceptive view of a male underwear brief indicating the arrangement of third horizontal elastic band, according to an embodiment of the present invention.
- FIG. 6 is a cross sectional view of a male underwear brief indicating the arrangement of first horizontal elastic band, the second horizontal elastic band and the third horizontal elastic band, according to an embodiment of the present invention.
- FIG. 7 is a side perceptive view of a male underwear brief with the upper front panel in closed position, according to an embodiment of the present invention.
- FIG. 8 a is a side perceptive view of a male underwear brief illustrating an alternative process for making a pouch, according to an embodiment of the present invention.
- FIG. 8 b illustrates a fabric cut useful in the process of FIG. 8 a.
- FIG. 1 a is a side perceptive view of a male underwear brief 100 , according to an embodiment of the present invention.
- Male underwear brief 100 comprises an elastic waistband 101 attached to the upper periphery of the brief 100 , cloth material joined circumferentially to waistband 101 which forms a back panel 106 , an upper front panel 104 , and a crotch panel 105 proceeding from a lower region of the back panel 106 to the front and upward, a first and a second opening 102 for a person's legs and a horizontally oriented and aligned fly opening 103 .
- the edges of the first and the second openings 102 for the person's legs are reinforced in most embodiments, and in most cases the reinforced edges are of elastic material.
- horizontally oriented and aligned fly opening 103 is positioned low in the front of brief 100 .
- Back panel 106 and crotch panel 105 are joined to reinforced edges of the leg openings 102 .
- the upper front panel is joined to the reinforced edges of leg openings 102 as well, and ends at a horizontal elastic band 108 attached continuously to upper front panel 104 .
- Horizontal elastic band 108 is attached to each of the reinforced edges of leg openings 102 .
- the upper extent of the material of crotch panel 105 is at line 110 . This creates an overlapped fly opening 103 open from below upward into the brief, of a vertical dimension “d”. This dimension may vary depending on the placement of both the upper end of the crotch panel, and the lower end of the upper front panel.
- FIG. 1 b is cross-section through horizontal fly 103 of FIG. 1 a taken along section line 1 b - 1 b into the brief.
- there is elastic band 108 overlying the upward-extending crotch panel material 105 but there is no band on the upper edge of crotch panel 105 , which ends at line 110 (see FIG. 1 a ). In some cases this edge may be hemmed.
- the placement and attachment of the crotch panel material and the upper panel material determine dimension “d”, which may vary accordingly.
- the embodiment represented by FIG. 1 b may be considered a “one-band” embodiment.
- upper front panel 104 may end without an elastic band, at an edge that may be, for example, hemmed as well, and this particular embodiment may be considered a “no band” embodiment, but nevertheless creates an upwardly opening overlapped horizontal fly opening of dimension “d”.
- FIG. 1 c illustrates the cross-section of the fly panel in another embodiment, wherein another elastic band 107 is added at the upper edge of the crotch panel.
- the elastic bands may be of equal height and weight, or different, and the overlap may be variously managed as described above.
- the embodiment represented by FIG. 1 c may be considered a “two-band” embodiment. At least one other two-band embodiment is described additionally below.
- FIG. 2 is a side perceptive view of male underwear brief 100 illustrating another embodiment of a “two-band” brief, wherein a front pouch is also provided, not shown in the embodiments of FIGS. 1 a, 1 b and 1 c.
- a pouch is formed with the upper front panel, the upper front panel in shown in an open position in subsequent stages of assembly in FIGS. 2 , 3 , 4 and 5 , according to an embodiment of the present invention.
- Crotch panel 105 proceeds upward from a lower region of back panel 106 to the front and ends at a first horizontal elastic band 107 joined securely to each of first and second leg openings 102 , as shown in FIG. 1 c .
- upper front panel 104 are stitched to the elastic leg bands 102 down to point (a) as shown in FIG. 2 .
- point (a) is repeated on the opposite leg opening, although not seen in FIG. 2 .
- the bottom edge of upper front panel 104 ends at and is joined to a second horizontal elastic band 108 as shown in FIG. 2 .
- FIG. 3 is a side perceptive view of male underwear brief 100 , illustrating the upper front panel in a fixed condition, according to an embodiment of the present invention.
- One side of upper front panel 104 is joined to the leg openings on both sides at two different points (a), (b) to form an extended loop as shown in FIG. 3 .
- the opposite edges of horizontal elastic band 108 are stitched respectively to the reinforced edges of leg openings 102 at the opposite sides, and are positioned in one embodiment below the position of band 107 , as seen in FIG. 1 c. This is optional placement in different embodiments, and the position of band 108 may vary, affecting the dimension “d”, FIGS. 1 b and 1 c.
- the edges of the upper front panel are stitched to the reinforced edges of the leg openings as shown, down to the horizontal fly.
- First horizontal elastic band 107 and second horizontal elastic band 108 are only stitched to the edges of the leg openings 102 , leaving an opening up from the bottom of the horizontal fly to the inside of the brief.
- FIG. 4 is a cross sectional view of the male underwear brief, essentially the same as FIG. 1 c, illustrating the arrangement of the two horizontal elastic bands in this example.
- the bands are only stitched to the elastic leg bands 102 . This leaves an opening up from the bottom of the fly to the inside of the upper front panel as shown in FIG. 4 .
- FIG. 5 is a side perceptive view of male underwear brief 100 , illustrating the placement of a third horizontal elastic band 109 , according to an embodiment.
- the upper front panel is folded, as shown in FIG. 3 , with point (a) and point (b) relatively close together in this example, on both leg openings as shown.
- Third horizontal elastic band 109 is joined only to each of the reinforced edges of the leg openings 102 over the upper front panel 104 just above and parallel to second horizontal elastic band 108 .
- the position of band 109 is below the attachment points (b) intentionally to provide support in use, as the pouch is intended to support a user's organ or organs.
- Third horizontal elastic band 109 is stitched above second horizontal elastic band 108 and below attachment points (b) to each of the reinforced edges of the leg openings 102 , but not to the upper front panel 104 or anywhere else. Since the third horizontal elastic band 109 is stitched only to the reinforced edges of the leg openings 102 , it can be pulled outward. In alternative embodiments points (b) may be positioned on the edges of the leg openings further below points (a), providing a greater opening from inside into the pouch that is formed by the folded material, or the third horizontal elastic band 109 may be stitched continuously across the front panel.
- FIG. 6 is a cross sectional view of the male underwear brief illustrating the arrangement of the three horizontal elastic bands in this example.
- Crotch panel 105 proceeds upwardly from a lower region of the back panel to the front and ends at first horizontal elastic band 107 attached continuously to the crotch panel and to each of the reinforced edges of the leg openings.
- Upper front panel 104 is joined to the reinforced edges of the leg openings and ends at horizontal elastic band 108 attached continuously to the upper front panel.
- Band 108 is attached to each of the reinforced edges of leg openings typically at some distance below band 107 . This leaves an opening up from the bottom of the horizontal fly to the inside of the upper front panel 104 as shown in FIG. 6 .
- band 108 may be varied from directly over band 107 to substantially below band 107 , varying the vertical dimension of the upwardly-extending opening into the brief.
- Band 109 is stitched above and parallel to band 108 to each of the reinforced edges of the leg openings at a distance that may vary, but is typically placed to support the pouch developed as shown in FIG. 5 .
- FIG. 7 is a side perceptive view of male underwear brief 100 with the fold of the upper front panel in a closed position.
- the extended loop of upper front panel 104 as illustrated in FIGS. 3 and 5 , has been folded downward.
- the folded loop is brought down, and the top edge of the loop comes right to the bottom edge of horizontal elastic band 108 at line 111 .
- the side edges of the loop are stitched along the reinforced edges of the leg openings down to the horizontal fly thereby forming a pouch from within the brief along a horizontal line from points (a) and (b) on each leg opening.
- the relative positions of bands 107 , 108 and 109 are shown now in FIG. 7 as dotted lines, because they are behind the folded down pouch material. It should be noted that the extent of material 104 may be adjusted, depending on a chosen distance between points (a) and (b), which define an opening size into an internal pouch, to provide the proper placement of edge 111 .
- a front pouch may be formed by fabric cut, rather than by folding the fabric of the upper front panel as described in detail above.
- FIG. 8 a is a perspective view of the brief showing horizontal elastic bands 107 , 108 and 109 .
- upper panel 104 is cut to provide a width w 1 across points (a) to establish a dimension across the front of the brief, and another width w 2 across points (b) below point (a) for the same purpose.
- W 1 and w 2 will typically be not the same, but w 1 greater than w 2 .
- FIG. 8 b illustrates an exemplary cut for upper front panel material 104 with points (a) and (b) and widths w 1 and w 2 .
- the edges are curved outwardly as shown between points (a) and (b). It is essential that the distance along the curve of the cut fabric from points (a) and (b) on each side be the same distance as between (a) and (b) on each leg band of the brief. This way, when the fabric is sewn to the leg bands on each side an outwardly-extending pouch may be formed. This pouch in use supporting a user's organ or organs will tend to form outwardly and downward as well.
- Horizontal fly 103 can be stretched more than 25% to let the penis and scrotum, or just the scrotum out and to provide a slack-line-type closure for a supportive upper pouch (i.e. for upper front panel) 103 to hold the penis, or the penis and scrotum.
- Horizontal fly 103 creates a comfortable collar close to the user's torso and the second horizontal elastic band, like a full-width fabric eyebrow, shrouds 1′′-2′′ of the exposed organ, when the organ is pulled out.
- the first, second and third horizontal elastic bands may have a width of 1 ⁇ 2′′-5 ⁇ 8′′ and are wrapped up for comfort in the brief 100 .
- the male underwear brief in this example provides various options for the person to provide a continuous comfortable wearing for 24 hours every day.
- the pouch formed of the extra material of the upper front panel covers and lifts both the penis and the scrotum, while slit-aperture horizontal fly 103 closes under the overhanging weight of the penis with the scrotum under.
- the pouch formed with the extended loop of the extra material of the upper front panel absorbs urine, reduces rolling and squeezing of organs between thighs and looks similar to jocks/briefs worn worldwide.
- the pouch covers and lifts only the penis up, or to one side while a slit-aperture (horizontal fly) 103 collars the scrotum.
- the scrotum may extend outside the brief which may be suitable for wear with most outerwear and in high humidity.
- horizontal fly 103 of the male underwear brief may let the penis out and collar the penis and the scrotum.
- the horizontal fly 103 further covers the pubic hair.
- the organs (penis and scrotum) may be pulled out and the buttocks region will stay covered without doffing the brief 100 .
- the horizontal fly 103 creates a comfortable collar close to the user's torso, and the second horizontal elastic band 108 acts like a full-width fabric eyebrow, to shroud 1′′-2′′ of the exposed organ.
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An underwear brief has a waistband, cloth construction forming a front region, a back region, side regions and a crotch region, two leg openings, a horizontal fly implemented with a first panel overlapping outside a second panel, with ends of each of the two panels secure to the fabric of the front region such that the horizontal fly provides a horizontal vertically-oriented entrance or exit through the front region of the brief, a first elastic band joined continuously, end-to-end, along full length of a lower edge of the first panel, a second elastic band joined continuously, end-to-end, along full length of an upper edge of the second panel, and a third elastic band joined horizontally to the front region at a position above and parallel to the upper edge of the second panel, with only the opposite ends of the third elastic band joined to the front region.
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- The present application is a continuation application of pending application Ser. No. 13/968,806, filed Aug. 16, 2013, and claims priority for examination to the priority date of the parent application. All disclosure of the parent application is incorporated herein at least by reference.
- The present invention is in the field of garments and is more particularly related to an undergarment for men.
- Various forms of undergarments have been developed over the ages for men. The currently available briefs for men are generally constructed with one or more trunk panels and overlapping front panels. The overlapping front panels typically define a singular fly opening for access through the outermost panel to the penis for the purpose of urination. Several attempts have been made to solve the numerous problems associated with the known brief constructions, such as discomfort, lack of support and embarrassment due to unsightly bulging or slippage of the male genital organs. Hence there is clearly a need for a male underwear brief with various options for supporting and exposing the male genital organ in different ways and to provide a comfortable wearing for 24 hours continuously in a day.
- In one embodiment of the invention an underwear brief is provided, comprising a waistband, contiguous cloth construction forming a front region, a back region, opposite side regions and a crotch region, two leg openings, one to each side of the crotch region, a horizontal fly in the front region implemented with a first panel overlapping outside a second panel, with ends of each of the two panels secure to the fabric of the front region such that the horizontal fly provides a horizontal vertically-oriented entrance or exit through the front region of the brief, a first elastic band joined continuously, end-to-end, along full length of a lower edge of the first panel, a second elastic band joined continuously, end-to-end, along full length of an upper edge of the second panel, and a third elastic band joined horizontally to the front region at a position above and parallel to the upper edge of the second panel, with only the opposite ends of the third elastic band joined to the front region.
- In one embodiment the third elastic band is joined to the front region along full length of the third elastic band. Also in one embodiment the underwear brief further comprises a forward-facing pouch implemented above the horizontal fly and the third elastic band. Also in an embodiment the third elastic band is positioned horizontally over material of the front region to the outside of the underwear brief providing support for the pouch.
- In one embodiment the waistband is an elastic waistband. Also in one embodiment edges of the leg openings are reinforced. In one embodiment the ends of the two panels are joined to the reinforced edges of the leg openings. And in one embodiment the three elastic bands are joined to the reinforced edges of the leg openings.
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FIG. 1 a is a side perceptive view of a male underwear brief, according to an embodiment of the present invention. -
FIG. 1 b is a cross-section through a fly of the brief ofFIG. 1 a, according to an embodiment of the invention. -
FIG. 1 c is through a fly of the brief ofFIG. 1 a, according to an embodiment of the invention. -
FIG. 2 is a side perceptive view of a male underwear brief indicating an upper front panel in an open condition, according to an embodiment of the present invention. -
FIG. 3 is a side perceptive view of a male underwear brief indicating the upper front panel in a fixed and stitched condition, according to an embodiment of the present invention. -
FIG. 4 is a cross sectional view of a male underwear brief indicating the arrangement of first horizontal elastic band and the second horizontal elastic band, according to an embodiment of the present invention. -
FIG. 5 is a side perceptive view of a male underwear brief indicating the arrangement of third horizontal elastic band, according to an embodiment of the present invention. -
FIG. 6 is a cross sectional view of a male underwear brief indicating the arrangement of first horizontal elastic band, the second horizontal elastic band and the third horizontal elastic band, according to an embodiment of the present invention. -
FIG. 7 is a side perceptive view of a male underwear brief with the upper front panel in closed position, according to an embodiment of the present invention. -
FIG. 8 a is a side perceptive view of a male underwear brief illustrating an alternative process for making a pouch, according to an embodiment of the present invention. -
FIG. 8 b illustrates a fabric cut useful in the process ofFIG. 8 a. -
FIG. 1 a is a side perceptive view of a male underwear brief 100, according to an embodiment of the present invention.Male underwear brief 100 comprises anelastic waistband 101 attached to the upper periphery of the brief 100, cloth material joined circumferentially towaistband 101 which forms aback panel 106, anupper front panel 104, and acrotch panel 105 proceeding from a lower region of theback panel 106 to the front and upward, a first and a second opening 102 for a person's legs and a horizontally oriented and alignedfly opening 103. The edges of the first and thesecond openings 102 for the person's legs are reinforced in most embodiments, and in most cases the reinforced edges are of elastic material. - In one embodiment horizontally oriented and aligned
fly opening 103 is positioned low in the front of brief 100.Back panel 106 andcrotch panel 105 are joined to reinforced edges of theleg openings 102. The upper front panel is joined to the reinforced edges ofleg openings 102 as well, and ends at a horizontalelastic band 108 attached continuously toupper front panel 104. Horizontalelastic band 108 is attached to each of the reinforced edges ofleg openings 102. - In one embodiment the upper extent of the material of
crotch panel 105 is atline 110. This creates an overlapped fly opening 103 open from below upward into the brief, of a vertical dimension “d”. This dimension may vary depending on the placement of both the upper end of the crotch panel, and the lower end of the upper front panel. -
FIG. 1 b is cross-section throughhorizontal fly 103 ofFIG. 1 a taken alongsection line 1 b-1 b into the brief. In this particular embodiment there iselastic band 108 overlying the upward-extendingcrotch panel material 105, but there is no band on the upper edge ofcrotch panel 105, which ends at line 110 (seeFIG. 1 a). In some cases this edge may be hemmed. Again, the placement and attachment of the crotch panel material and the upper panel material determine dimension “d”, which may vary accordingly. The embodiment represented byFIG. 1 b may be considered a “one-band” embodiment. In yet another embodimentupper front panel 104 may end without an elastic band, at an edge that may be, for example, hemmed as well, and this particular embodiment may be considered a “no band” embodiment, but nevertheless creates an upwardly opening overlapped horizontal fly opening of dimension “d”. -
FIG. 1 c illustrates the cross-section of the fly panel in another embodiment, wherein anotherelastic band 107 is added at the upper edge of the crotch panel. The elastic bands may be of equal height and weight, or different, and the overlap may be variously managed as described above. The embodiment represented byFIG. 1 c may be considered a “two-band” embodiment. At least one other two-band embodiment is described additionally below. -
FIG. 2 is a side perceptive view ofmale underwear brief 100 illustrating another embodiment of a “two-band” brief, wherein a front pouch is also provided, not shown in the embodiments ofFIGS. 1 a, 1 b and 1 c. To better illustrate how a pouch is formed with the upper front panel, the upper front panel in shown in an open position in subsequent stages of assembly inFIGS. 2 , 3, 4 and 5, according to an embodiment of the present invention.Crotch panel 105 proceeds upward from a lower region ofback panel 106 to the front and ends at a first horizontalelastic band 107 joined securely to each of first andsecond leg openings 102, as shown inFIG. 1 c. At this stage of assembly edges ofupper front panel 104 are stitched to theelastic leg bands 102 down to point (a) as shown inFIG. 2 . Note that point (a) is repeated on the opposite leg opening, although not seen inFIG. 2 . The bottom edge ofupper front panel 104 ends at and is joined to a second horizontalelastic band 108 as shown inFIG. 2 . -
FIG. 3 is a side perceptive view of male underwear brief 100, illustrating the upper front panel in a fixed condition, according to an embodiment of the present invention. One side ofupper front panel 104 is joined to the leg openings on both sides at two different points (a), (b) to form an extended loop as shown inFIG. 3 . The opposite edges of horizontalelastic band 108 are stitched respectively to the reinforced edges ofleg openings 102 at the opposite sides, and are positioned in one embodiment below the position ofband 107, as seen inFIG. 1 c. This is optional placement in different embodiments, and the position ofband 108 may vary, affecting the dimension “d”, FIGS. 1 b and 1 c. Further, the edges of the upper front panel are stitched to the reinforced edges of the leg openings as shown, down to the horizontal fly. - First horizontal
elastic band 107 and second horizontalelastic band 108 are only stitched to the edges of theleg openings 102, leaving an opening up from the bottom of the horizontal fly to the inside of the brief. -
FIG. 4 is a cross sectional view of the male underwear brief, essentially the same asFIG. 1 c, illustrating the arrangement of the two horizontal elastic bands in this example. The bands are only stitched to theelastic leg bands 102. This leaves an opening up from the bottom of the fly to the inside of the upper front panel as shown inFIG. 4 . -
FIG. 5 is a side perceptive view of male underwear brief 100, illustrating the placement of a third horizontalelastic band 109, according to an embodiment. The upper front panel is folded, as shown inFIG. 3 , with point (a) and point (b) relatively close together in this example, on both leg openings as shown. Third horizontalelastic band 109 is joined only to each of the reinforced edges of theleg openings 102 over the upperfront panel 104 just above and parallel to second horizontalelastic band 108. The position ofband 109 is below the attachment points (b) intentionally to provide support in use, as the pouch is intended to support a user's organ or organs. - Third horizontal
elastic band 109 is stitched above second horizontalelastic band 108 and below attachment points (b) to each of the reinforced edges of theleg openings 102, but not to the upperfront panel 104 or anywhere else. Since the third horizontalelastic band 109 is stitched only to the reinforced edges of theleg openings 102, it can be pulled outward. In alternative embodiments points (b) may be positioned on the edges of the leg openings further below points (a), providing a greater opening from inside into the pouch that is formed by the folded material, or the third horizontalelastic band 109 may be stitched continuously across the front panel. -
FIG. 6 is a cross sectional view of the male underwear brief illustrating the arrangement of the three horizontal elastic bands in this example.Crotch panel 105 proceeds upwardly from a lower region of the back panel to the front and ends at first horizontalelastic band 107 attached continuously to the crotch panel and to each of the reinforced edges of the leg openings. Upperfront panel 104 is joined to the reinforced edges of the leg openings and ends at horizontalelastic band 108 attached continuously to the upper front panel.Band 108 is attached to each of the reinforced edges of leg openings typically at some distance belowband 107. This leaves an opening up from the bottom of the horizontal fly to the inside of the upperfront panel 104 as shown inFIG. 6 . In alternative embodiments the position ofband 108 may be varied from directly overband 107 to substantially belowband 107, varying the vertical dimension of the upwardly-extending opening into the brief.Band 109 is stitched above and parallel to band 108 to each of the reinforced edges of the leg openings at a distance that may vary, but is typically placed to support the pouch developed as shown inFIG. 5 .FIG. 7 is a side perceptive view of male underwear brief 100 with the fold of the upper front panel in a closed position. The extended loop of upperfront panel 104, as illustrated inFIGS. 3 and 5 , has been folded downward. The folded loop is brought down, and the top edge of the loop comes right to the bottom edge of horizontalelastic band 108 atline 111. The side edges of the loop are stitched along the reinforced edges of the leg openings down to the horizontal fly thereby forming a pouch from within the brief along a horizontal line from points (a) and (b) on each leg opening. The relative positions ofbands FIG. 7 as dotted lines, because they are behind the folded down pouch material. It should be noted that the extent ofmaterial 104 may be adjusted, depending on a chosen distance between points (a) and (b), which define an opening size into an internal pouch, to provide the proper placement ofedge 111. - In still another embodiment of the invention a front pouch may be formed by fabric cut, rather than by folding the fabric of the upper front panel as described in detail above.
FIG. 8 a is a perspective view of the brief showing horizontalelastic bands upper panel 104 is cut to provide a width w1 across points (a) to establish a dimension across the front of the brief, and another width w2 across points (b) below point (a) for the same purpose. W1 and w2 will typically be not the same, but w1 greater than w2. -
FIG. 8 b illustrates an exemplary cut for upperfront panel material 104 with points (a) and (b) and widths w1 and w2. The edges are curved outwardly as shown between points (a) and (b). It is essential that the distance along the curve of the cut fabric from points (a) and (b) on each side be the same distance as between (a) and (b) on each leg band of the brief. This way, when the fabric is sewn to the leg bands on each side an outwardly-extending pouch may be formed. This pouch in use supporting a user's organ or organs will tend to form outwardly and downward as well. -
Horizontal fly 103 can be stretched more than 25% to let the penis and scrotum, or just the scrotum out and to provide a slack-line-type closure for a supportive upper pouch (i.e. for upper front panel) 103 to hold the penis, or the penis and scrotum. -
Horizontal fly 103 creates a comfortable collar close to the user's torso and the second horizontal elastic band, like a full-width fabric eyebrow, shrouds 1″-2″ of the exposed organ, when the organ is pulled out. The first, second and third horizontal elastic bands may have a width of ½″-⅝″ and are wrapped up for comfort in the brief 100. - In one embodiment, the male underwear brief in this example provides various options for the person to provide a continuous comfortable wearing for 24 hours every day. In one option the pouch formed of the extra material of the upper front panel covers and lifts both the penis and the scrotum, while slit-aperture
horizontal fly 103 closes under the overhanging weight of the penis with the scrotum under. The pouch formed with the extended loop of the extra material of the upper front panel absorbs urine, reduces rolling and squeezing of organs between thighs and looks similar to jocks/briefs worn worldwide. In a second option the pouch covers and lifts only the penis up, or to one side while a slit-aperture (horizontal fly) 103 collars the scrotum. The scrotum may extend outside the brief which may be suitable for wear with most outerwear and in high humidity. In a third optionhorizontal fly 103 of the male underwear brief may let the penis out and collar the penis and the scrotum. Thehorizontal fly 103 further covers the pubic hair. The organs (penis and scrotum) may be pulled out and the buttocks region will stay covered without doffing the brief 100. Thehorizontal fly 103 creates a comfortable collar close to the user's torso, and the second horizontalelastic band 108 acts like a full-width fabric eyebrow, to shroud 1″-2″ of the exposed organ. - It will be apparent to a skilled artisan that the embodiments described above are exemplary only, and that there may be many alterations made in these examples without departing from the spirit and scope of the invention.
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1. An underwear brief, comprising:
a waistband;
contiguous cloth construction forming a front region, a back region, opposite side regions and a crotch region;
two leg openings, one to each side of the crotch region;
a horizontal fly in the front region implemented with a first panel overlapping outside a second panel, with ends of each of the two panels secure to the fabric of the front region such that the horizontal fly provides a horizontal vertically-oriented entrance or exit through the front region of the brief;
a first elastic band joined continuously, end-to-end, along full length of a lower edge of the first panel;
a second elastic band joined continuously, end-to-end, along full length of an upper edge of the second panel; and
a third elastic band joined horizontally to the front region at a position above and parallel to the upper edge of the second panel, with only the opposite ends of the third elastic band joined to the front region.
2. The underwear brief of claim 1 wherein the third elastic band is joined to the front region along full length of the third elastic band.
3. The underwear brief of claim 1 further comprising a forward-facing pouch implemented above the horizontal fly and the third elastic band.
4. The underwear brief of claim wherein the third elastic band is positioned horizontally over material of the front region to the outside of the underwear brief providing support for the pouch.
5. The underwear brief of claim 1 wherein the waistband is an elastic waistband,
6. The underwear brief of claim 1 wherein edges of the leg openings are reinforced.
7. The underwear brief of claim 6 wherein the ends of the two panels are joined to the reinforced edges of the leg openings.
8. The underwear brief of claim 6 wherein the three elastic bands are joined to the reinforced edges of the leg openings.
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